| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Ryangombe" | Rwanda / East Africa | Tutelary god. An ancestral deity and king of the spirit world who has an oracular capacity.... |
| Deities name "Sa" | Kono / eastern Guinea, West Africa | Chthonic creator god. One of a pair of creator deities, with ALATANGANA. Sa inhabited the primeval swamps before the sky or the light existed and before there were any living things on earth. He had a daughter who eloped with Alatangana and bore fourteen children, three pairs of black and four pairs of white, all of whom spoke different languages and to whom Sa gave the tools of survival.... |
| God name "Salmoneus" | Greek | A son of Aeolus by Enarete, and a brother of Sisyphus. Sangarius, a river-god, is described as the son of Oceåñuś and Tethys, and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecabe. (Theogony 344). Greek |
| Goddess name "San Chou Niang Niang" | China | Mother goddess who was first deified during the Sung dynasty China |
| God name "Sancus" | Roman | Sangus or Semo Sancus, a Roman divinity, is said to have been originally a Sabine god, and identical with Hercules and Dins Fidius. The name which is etymologically the same as Sanctus, and connected with Sancire, seems to justify this belief, and characterises Sancus as a divinity presiding over oaths. |
| God name "Sangarius" | Greek | A river-god, is described as the son of Oceåñuś and Tethys, and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecabe. The river Sangarius (in Phrygia) itself is said to have derived its name from one Sangas, who had offended Rhea, and was punished lay her by being changed into water. Greek |
| God name "Sango" | Yoruba / Nigeria | A god of thunder |
| God name "Sango Yoruba" | Nigeria | God of thunder Nigeria |
| Goddess name "Sao Ching Niang Niang" | Chinese | Mother goddess. One of the nine dark ladies of the pantheon who adopt a protective role. She removes Rain clouds when they threaten to flood crops.... |
| Goddess name "Sao ch'ing Niang Niang" | China | Goddess of brooms and fair weather China |
| Planet name "Saturnus" | Roman | Astral god. Identified with the planet Saturn, but thought to have originated as an agricultural deity concerned with sowing of seed. A sanctuary existed on the Roman forum from as early as 450 BC, also functioning as the imperial treasury. Saturnus was celebrated in the Saturnalia festival (December 17-19) during which masters and slaves exchanged roles and candles were given as gifts to symbolize the Winter darkness.... |
| God name "Shaikpaia" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Plague god. The son of SHANGO, he is credited with having once been a god of war who invaded the country (as a disease). He is particularly identified with smallpox. His symbol is the sesame plant which takes the form of a taboo and brings disease to those who take it into their house. A festival is held in September to propitiate Shankpana with sacrifices of animals and fruit.... |
| God name "Shang Chien" | China | God of the neck. China |
| God name "Shang Te" | China | Creator god and the supreme being. China |
| God name "Shang Ti" | Taoist / Chinese | Creator god. See also YU HUANG SHANG TI.... |
| God name "Shang Ti/ Yu Hwang-Shang" | China / Taoist | He is a creator god |
| God name "Shango" | Nigeria | God of storms and thunder. Nigeria |
| God name "Shango" | Yoruba | A god of war, storms, thunder & fertility |
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